Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-20
FASHIONABLE Or OTHER WISE

F4sHION4BLE Or OTHER WISE.
THE hat must match the dress, not
the wrap or Jacket.
For young ladies wear black silk
dresses have trimming OF apple green
velvet.
SILVER cord passementerie adorns
the white silk vests worn with hand
some wool dresses.
THE simplest spring wraps are made
Of beige cloth, have sling sleeves and
are lined with contrasting color in
satin.
PRETTY bonnets of yellow Tuscan
straw with the crown dotted with seed
pearls, have garnitures of pearl beaded
lace and narrow picot edged ribbon.
VELVET corsages with open square
neck and elbow sleeves, are worn with
lace skirts for dressy occasions. The
popular colors are heliotrope, terra
Gotta, goluen brown and emerald
green.
A SPRING novelty is g. wood bonnet
of light birch, with stems of roses and
lilies of the valley bordering its edges,
while stalks Of lilies are high on the
top amid loops of green and old. rose
ribbon.
VELVET polonaises, silk lined hut
not wadded, so as to closely fit the
figure are much worn by society wom-
en-. Black velvet is the favored fabric,
with superb jet trimmingsfor the bod
ice portions. The skirts are left una
dorned.
THOUGH plain cloth Jackets are quite
the rage, braided ones are considered
more elegant. Light gray Jackets
braided with darker shade, blue and
brown Jackets braided with black and
tan color with brown braiding are
most in demand.
COSTUMES that are composed OF silk
and wool show novel contrasts of col
or. The waist and drapery are cam
els hair, the skirt either faille Fran
eaise, bengaline, or ottoman silk.
Heliotrope silk and brown wool are
often combined in this manner.
SPRING mantles are short and scarf
ike; contrasting material covers the
arm from the shoulders to the elbows,
and the long, narrow fronts end in rO-
settles or bows of ribbon, or In tassels
of Jet. Passementerie manties are
shown, and there are lace and grena-
dine and silk mantles that are covered
with Jet ornaments.
JET bonnets In princesse or fish wife
poke shape are good investment, as
they are trimmed only with towering
upright Rows of ribbon which can be
changed from time to time to CORE
spond with the Dress Novel shades
such as Charles x. pink, Nile green,
terra Gotta, anemone and primrose
are liked for these bows.
NOVELTY in spring costumes lies
rather in the combustion Of the fab
RIGS than in the changes OF form or
make. The foundation skirt is mar
row, the draperies long, vice and bout
fant. Panels are seen on fronts as
eften as on the sides, and there is q
marked desire for borders encircling
the skirt near the foot.
NEW parlor screens have flaps or
pockets on the outside panels for
holding cabinet and larger photo
graphs. The panels may be covered
with plush Or Roman satin and the
pockets made to correspond, Or q
broad, handsome sash ribbon may be
drawn diagonally across. the screen
and stitched to form places for the
photographs.
The new striped silks have fine
lines of three or four shades of one
color, and are beautiful in brown
shaded to suede, in dark leaf green to
pistache, and in dark blue to light blue.
They come in rich faille and serve as
basque and drapery, with skirts of
cream or black lace. Velvet Is used
for trimming, and applique lace, like
embroidery. is set on the velvet.
LITTLE tables of all shapes and sizes
are now scattered over rooms, the
newest being the handy little so called
"tuckaways" which fold up fiat
and are so light that they can be
conveniently carried about. Many
amateur artists paint a floral design
across one-half the table. Decorated
in this way they are popular wedding
gifts.
THE new features Of pass ementeries
is metal cords of all colors to match
dress fabrics twined .among colored
beads. Beads of every shade, even
the palest pink, amber, blue and lilac,
are made into dress trimmings, as well
as garnets, sapphires, emeralds, sill
yer, steel, copper, cashmere, clair de
lune, and the gold-lined beads that do
not tarnish.
Pillow and sheet shams of pale
blue, pink or yellow silk, according to
the prevailing color of the room, or of
white satin adorned with gold braid
and Yalenciennes lace and having q
large monogram in gold thread in the
senter of each, are used in many richly
appointed houses. They are, of
course, put on only in the daytime.
The colored ones are bordered with
lace and the monogram is beautifully
embroidered. The lace may be
Torchon, Valenciennes or gui pure
@'arte
THREE ribbons OF different colors
are used In folds down the sides and
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